Review of Freud and Said: Contrapuntal Psychoanalysis as Liberation Praxis by Robert K. Beshara

Abstract

This book review discusses the theoretical, political, ethical, and clinical ramifications of Robert K. Beshara's Freud and Said: Contrapuntal Psychoanalysis as Liberation Praxis, through an exploration of Freud's influence on Said, the interrelations of psychoanalysis and de-/post-colonialism, the psychoanalysis of coloniality, and the decolonization of psychoanalysis.